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JOHN EL S4R HOOVER —_ €> DimecTOR Sederal Bureau of fruestigatian United #tates Department of Justice Washington, D.C. March 17, 1942 MEMORANDUM FOR THES DIRECTOR ES e Alee CP SARE es tree: 1 ore . . "ee Re: he American Mercury Magazine article, Tele, arom "Our Fescist Enemies Within"; ‘Tew Meum letter addressed to you by Congressman fr meme ‘ Janes %, Vadsworth, dated March 6, 1942; ies pean . Internal Security tet eon epnactel ___ oe Refererce is made to the attached letter addressed to you Jazes %, Tadeworth of Kew Yorx with the enclosure thereof,: a of February 22, 1942, addressed to the Congressman by . Trvington-on-Budson, New York, who is stated the Bx JM” Conzressuia ts be a writer of some note. It is observed tha’ Ay conminication concerns the captioned article appearing in the March, see : issue of "The American Verofry". Eft a fn exastration magazine article mentioned above Asyclom . that the .uthor, John Ro arlgta, reviews sone of the statements i } pudlicatiur< of the Anerifan feta ong the se named are Will ™“ Dusloy-Pelley, Ge + cteigtians, the pe te Serala ut Hl Wil 2 lias Ta eren, ot ",sEadson, Eentan D.-Zissenger, Robert oble, * i - Fllis Jiones fa land the Revereni Charicsouzblir. The Bureau and is invest fedti il vhe individuels nared the article, with the exception of tnepArsl ron Federatica of Haverhill, Massachusetts. The files | \ Yeflect references to the Anglo-Saxon Federation, and it is contemplated ' that subsecuent to your aporoval of the attached letter of acknosleigment to Congrerenan Wedsvorth, thet this materie) be returnes, in order that of an investigation my be instituted ty the Field concerning this organiza > tion. w) Your attention is directed to the paragraph on page 316 of the -» ~ magazine, at the end of the article, reading: "Tne attitude of the Depart- J . tent of Juctice in the face of ‘this internal offensive has been one of 3 sad recsignetion. Avnarentiy it is assumed officially that the Bill of \ Rights leaves America without/recourse to comnon sense.® It is noted that aX the author states that tne idea expressed in the quoted paragraph does not i? <) dispose cf the issue. The uftimate paragravh of the article quotes from. . au address of the editor of fAmerican Mercury", stating that those who : “Vee wguld wrec: our national unity are as guilty of sabotage Rai ’. ” eck our industrial plants or communicating: + oe ce, € 2D FS ve SYST z Vy Toe Bureau files contain “but one reference to John Bey ca tba - , ‘where he is mentioned as the author of a previous article in tbe abpper. = ‘ Mentioned magazine, with regard to the America First organizat < Tawe a Qe Buk - Sa nee Vaden Saws, i it * afartyr - Jat i > - » . —- haere gee meee ee HE